Daphne Ang

Artist

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

About

Daphne Ang is presently a PhD candidate in the department of History of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is also a research fellow at the National University of Singapore Museum. Her doctoral research investigates the production of portraiture under the patronage of the Straits Chinese in Colonial Singapore. She has presented at international conferences such as the 26th Baba Nyonya Convention (2013) in Kuala Lumpur, and the Postgraduate Symposium in History of Art and Visual Culture at the University College London (2012). She also conducts a Master’s course in Arts of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia at SOAS, and is the author of “The Portrait Project”, an online project established to locate and archive photographs from the personal family albums of Singaporeans.

Experience

  • SOAS (14 yrs 11 mos)
    • Lecturer of the Arts of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia (MA)
      2014 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

    • PhD candidate, teaching fellow
      Sep 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 11 mos

      Doctoral Thesis: Cosmopolitan Representations: Straits Chinese (Peranakans) and Image-making in Colonial Singapore

  • Visiting Research Fellow at National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum
    2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

  • Curatorial Assistant at Institute of Contemporary Arts
    Jul 2009 - Jul 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Co-curated exhibition 'The Next Chapter: Forays Into LASALLE 's Permanent Collection' at Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, LASALLE, 3rd September - 18th October 2009

  • Art Writer at studio k (studio of kumari nahappan)
    2008 - 2010 · 2 yrs